Intel International Science
and Engineering Fair Celebrates
Next-Generation Innovators
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program of Society for Science
& the Public, is the world’s largest high school science research competition. Through
a global network of local, regional and national science fairs, millions of students are
encouraged to explore their passion for developing innovations that change the way
we work and live. Each May, a group of these students is selected as finalists and
offered the opportunity to compete for approximately US$4 million in awards and
scholarships.
Society for Science & the Public, a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to
public engagement in science and science education, owns and has administered the
competition since its inception in 1950 as the National Science Fair. Intel took on title
sponsorship of the International Science and Engineering Fair in 1997 as part of an
effort to bring greater attention to math and science achievement, encourage more
youth to embrace these fields, and highlight the impact these subjects have on the
future of innovation.
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2015
From May 10-15, approximately 1,700 young scientists, engineers, next-generation
entrepreneurs and makers will convene in Pittsburgh for the final competition. These
finalists were selected from 422 affiliate fairs in more than 75 countries, regions and
territories.
All finalists are selected by an affiliated, local competition and receive an allexpenses-paid trip to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. At the
competition, finalists are judged by hundreds of science, engineering and industry
professionals who have a Ph.D. or equivalent (six years of related professional
experience) in one of the scientific disciplines below.
Finalists’ projects tackle topics ranging from wearable technology to big data analytics
to renewable energy. Projects represent a wide range of scientific disciplines and are
judged in the following 20 categories:
Animal Sciences
Chemistry
Energy: Physical
Microbiology
Behavioral and
Social Sciences
Computational
Biology and
Bioinformatics
Earth and
Environmental
Sciences
Embedded
Systems
Engineering
Mechanics
Physics and
Astronomy
Environmental
Engineering
Plant Sciences
Materials Science
Robotics and
Intelligent Machines
Energy: Chemical
Mathematics
Systems Software
Biochemistry
Biomedical and
Health Sciences
Cellular and
Molecular Biology
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Awards
The top research project in the competition will receive the Gordon E. Moore Award –
a US$75,000 grand prize from the Intel Foundation, given in honor of the Intel cofounder and scientist. Two additional research projects will receive Intel Foundation
Young Scientist Awards of US$50,000.
Additional prizes, funded by the Intel Foundation with support from dozens of
corporate, academic, government and science-focused sponsors, will be awarded to
approximately 600 other projects. Those awards include:

Best of Category
A top winner in each of the 20 categories will receive a US$5,000 award from
the Intel Foundation. The winners’ schools and the affiliate fairs they represent
will also receive US$1,000 grants each. Best of Category winners become
eligible for the Gordon E. Moore and Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awards.

Grand Awards
The Intel Foundation will provide Grand Awards for first, second, third and
fourth places in each category. The awards are US$3,000, US$1,500,
US$1,000 and US$500, respectively.

Alcoa Foundation
Alcoa Foundation will select six winners in two categories. The winning students
will split US$10,000 from Alcoa Foundation for their impressive innovations in
sustainable urban design and sustainable transportation design.

American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society will offer the first- through fourth-place
winners awards to support high school students in their exploration of the
chemical sciences through research experiences.

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research
Twelve finalists will be selected for an all-expenses-paid trip to CERN to meet
with researchers, see the experiments – including the world's largest particle
accelerator – and enjoy Geneva, Switzerland.

Drexel University
Drexel University will award eight full scholarships to those students whose
projects match Drexel's curriculum.

Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award
Three finalists will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the Stockholm
International Youth Science Seminar, which includes attendance at the Nobel
Prize ceremonies in Stockholm, Sweden. Dudley Herschbach won the 1986
Nobel Prize in chemistry.

European Union Contest for Young Scientists
Recipients will win an all-expenses-paid trip to the European Union Contest
for Young Scientists, which is located in a different city each year.

GoDaddy
GoDaddy will offer the following awards: the Web Innovator Award, the Mobile
Application Award, the Open Source Award, the Data Award and the Forward
Thinker Award.

NSA Research Directorate
The NSA Research Directorate will offer a first-place award of US$3,000 and a
second-place award of US$1,000 to encourage more new scientists to think
about cybersecurity and its critical aspects across multiple disciplines.

Society of Experimental Test Pilots
The Society of Experimental Test Pilots will give first- through third-place
awards to recognize outstanding achievement in the engineering sciences and
to inspire youth to careers in aerospace.

Thirty Meter Telescope
Thirty Meter Telescope will select a winner who will travel to Hawaii to
participate in the Pacific Astronomy and Engineering Summit, visit the
telescopes of Mauna Kea and tour the TMT building site.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA will recognize one student, whose work demonstrates a commitment
to environmental sustainability and stewardship, with the EPA Patrick H. Hurd
Sustainability Award.

U.S. Steel
U.S. Steel will offer first- through third-place awards and is proud to help
support the next generation of innovative engineers, researchers and scientists
who will be crucial in moving their industry – and our world – forward.
Intel’s Commitment to Education
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair is just one element of Intel’s
commitment to education, which includes extensive teacher training, education
technology solutions to transform K-12 education, and employee volunteer programs
to help improve education around the world. Over the past decade alone, Intel and the
Intel Foundation have invested more than US$1 billion, and Intel employees have
donated close to 4 million hours toward improving education in more than 100
countries, regions and territories. To get the latest Intel Education news, visit
www.intel.com/newsroom/education and join the conversation on Facebook and
Twitter.
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